This article was originally featured in Knowable. It was an engineering problem that had bugged Zhibin Yu for years — but now he had the perfect chance to fix it. Stuck at home during the first UK ...

Heat pumps for both space and water heating will be required in most new homes in the state of Washington beginning next July. The mandate, which applies to single-family and smaller multi-family ...

Heat pumps are electric appliances that can both heat and cool your home. Scientists see them as a climate solution because heat pumps reduce planet-heating emissions. They cut pollution from burning ...

With global warming becoming an urgent issue, heating our homes efficiently -- and sustainably -- has taken center stage. As winters become more unpredictable (and unexpectedly harsh), finding ...

A climate scientist half-jokingly once told me that if billionaires really wanted to save the planet, they would buy everyone a heat pump, the ingenious appliance that extracts heat from even frigid ...

Most heat pumps fall into the broad categories of ducted or ductless, but there are also a number of subcategories you should be aware of when choosing a heat pump for your home. Sam Becker ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Nearly every new home and commercial building in Washington state ...

(Bloomberg) -- Decarbonizing your life will get more expensive as President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on the US’ top trading partners, spiking the cost of home heat pumps, battery storage systems ...

STANDISH, ME - SEPTEMBER 25: Aaron Sinclair, of Dave's World, installs a heat pump at the home of Roland and Dale Bois on September 25, 2018. Sinclair, who has worked installing heat pumps for two ...

For this month’s edition of the Yale Climate Connections Editors’ Corner, we got together to talk about the climate-friendly, energy-efficient, all-electric replacement for furnaces and air ...

If you live in an old-school New York City apartment building with steam heat—and no thermostat to control the temperature—your apartment may get so hot in the winter that you have to open the windows ...